16—THE JEWISH NEWS

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Reception m Tel Aviv

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, first President of the
Provisional Government of Israel,
arrived here by special plane
from Switzerland Sept. 30. He
was met by members of the
Israeli Cabinet and the State
Council. At the airport he re-
viewed an Israeli Air Force
guard of honor.
Deeply moved by his reception,
Dr. Weizmann was unable to say
much, except, "Now I have come
home to stay." He burst into tears
and immediately drove off to his
residence at Rehovoth. Twelve
hours later the 74-year-old Presi-
dent drove through the streets
of a cheering Tel Aviv to the
State Council's chambers where
he received the nation's formal
welcome.
The State Council, meeting in
the Tel Aviv Museum, was in full
attendance when Dr. Weizmann
appeared, after passing guards of
honor of the Israeli Army and
police force. Members of the
diplomatic corps, including James
G. McDonald, U. S. envoy to
Israel, and Pavel I. Yershov, the
Soviet representative, as well as
all other consuls accredited to

Israel, warmly applauded his en-
trance.

Welcoming Dr. Weizmann,
Israeli Premier David Ben
Gurion said: "Dr. Weizmann
Was the architect of the Jewish
National Home and has now
lived to see the state of Israel
established." Replying, Dr.
Weizmann described the wel-
come as "a great and sacred
occasion for me." He warmly
praised Ben Gurion, "who stood
at the helm in our darkest
hours," and paid special tribute
to Moshe Shertok, Israeli For-
eign Minister. He also lauded
Eliezer Kaplan, Finance Min-
ister, and Joseph Sprinzak,
chairman of the State Council.

The Israeli President paid
tribute to those who had sacri-
ficed their lives "so that Zion
might be rebuilt" and to the mil-
lions of Jews who were massa-
cred in Europe; He stressed the
need for defending the Jewish
state "with all our resources,"
while Israel is fighting for its
existence. At the same time, he
noted that "the Jewish people
are a peace-loving people."

League of Women's Organizations
Aids SOS Drive; To Meet Oct. 22

Mrs. Samuel B. Danto has is-

sued an invitation to members
of all organizations affiliated
with the League of Jewish Wo-
Men's Organizations to attend the
first meeting of the year, at 1 p.
m. Friday, Oct. 22, at the Jewish
Center. A canned milk shower
for SOS will be held at this
meeting.
Mrs. Arthur Bloom, program
chairman, announces that the
speakers will be Rev. Joseph Q.
Mayne, executive secretary of the
Round Table of Catholics, Pro-
testants and Jews; Dr. Victor
Rapport, dean of the College of
Liberal Arts of Wayne Univer-
sity, and John Dancy, president
of the Urban League, in a panel
discussion of "Your Community
and the World Picture."
Members of Zedakah Club and
Ladies Auxiliary of Jewish War
Veterans will be hostesses at the
dessert luncheon prior to the
meeting.
Presiderits and community re-
lations chairmen of the League's
affiliated organizations met Sept.
27 and pledged their cooperation

Friday, October 8, 1948

Bergson Dissolves
Hebrew Committee

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Peter
Bergson announced that the He-
brew Committee for National
Liberation, which he heads, is
closing down because Israel is
at war and
needs to con-
centrate all its
forces here and
abroad for vic-
tory.
• Bergson, r e-
cently released
after detention
by the Israeli
government in
connection with
Irgun Zvai Leu-
P. Bergson
mi's ill-fated attempt to land
arms from the Altalena off Tel
Aviv during the truce, said that
all the committee's property in
the United States, including the
Washington, D. C., building
known as the "Hebrew Embassy"
Was being handed over to the
Israeli government. The property
is valued at $250,000.
Technicalities of the transfer
will take several weeks, Berg-
son said. He added that the Is-
raeli government had already
been advised. He expressed
thanks to the United States gov-
ernment and people and to
France for support "during all
these difficult years."

to the SOS drive on October 31.
Mrs. Joseph Gordon, SOS chair-
man of the Sisterhood of North-
west Congregation, announced a
diaper shower scheduled for the
meeting of Oct. 20.
Mrs. Samuel Rhodes, president
of Women's Auxiliary of Law-
rence H. Jones Post of Jewish
War Veterans, stated that this
group planned a layette shower
on .Oct. 6 at the home of Mrs.
Meyer Silverman, 1652 Calvert.
Mrs. Maxwell H. Emmer,
League chairman of supplying
cars, drivers and jumpers for
SOS Day, announced that the
following organizations have
pledged their support:
Bnai Brith Women's Council,
100 cars; MaimorAdes Medical
Society, Alpha Omega Dental
Auxiliary; Detroit League of the
National Home for Jewish Chil-
dren at Denver; National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women; Infants
Service Group; Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Northwest Congregation;
Ladies' Auxiliaries of the Jewish
War Veterans; Sheruth League;
Women's Auxiliary of the Jewish
Home for the Aged.

JA IT Commission 11, eminds Parents
Of Jewish Area Education Facilities

"In planning a Jewish educa-
tion for your child, you live in.
the best neighborhood in De-
troit."
That is the . theme of a mail-
ing sent out this week by the
Educational Planning Commis-
sion of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration to Jewish families in the
area bounded by Virginia Park,
Twelfth St., Oakman Blvd. and
Broadstreet.
The mailing, the first of it
kind in Detroit, lists the JeWish
schools which are within easy
walking distance of homes in this
area and urges that Jewish par-
ents take advantage of the con-
venience by enrolling their chil-
dren for a Jewish education.
Schools listed include the Jew-
ish Folk Schools, Jewish Peo-
ple's School (Sholem Aleichem),
-.United Hebrew Schools, United
:Jewish High School, Workmen's
Circle Schools (Arbeiter Ring)
and Yeshivath Beth Yehudah and
congregational schools at Beth
Aaron, Beth Itzchock, Bnai Da-
vid, Bnai Moshe, Northwest He-
brew Congregation, Shaarey Ze-
dek, Temple Beth El and Temple

to serve as a census of families
in the area, in regard to Jewish
education, as parents were asked
to return an enclosed card indi-
cating whether their children
were already attending one of
the schools.

Israel.

Reduced rates or scholarships
are available for boys or girls
who need them, the mailing
points out, and parents desiring
further information regarding
any of the schools were invited
to call the Educational Planning
Commission, Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration of Detroit, WOodward
6-3939.
The mailing is also expected .;

Organization Program Planners

Participants in the Program Planners Institute sponsored by the
Jewish Community Council Sept. 26 included, left to right, (seated)
MRS. J. R. SAULS, who discussed Jewish music; MRS. SAMUEL
AARON, who advised on the use of speakers; LAWRENCE W.
CROHN, co-chairman of the Council's Culture Commission, who
presided; AARON DROOCK, Council president, and MRS. S. SIL•
VERSTEIN, who demonstrated the use of recordings in programming;
(standing) OSCAR COHEN, executive director of the Council; NOR-
VAL SLOBIN, who explained the use of films; SAM RABINOWITZ,
whose subject was books and periodicals, and NORMAN DRACHLER,
who urged the use of panels and discussion groups.

Rabbi Morris Adler, chairman of the Culture Commission, sum-
marized the sessions with a talk on "The Significance of Programming
for Jewish Groups." He urged organizations to assume responsibility
for helping their members learn the values of Jewish living.

About 150 program planners from 67 organizations attended
the meeting and saw, in addition to the discussion, an exhibit of
printed materials and a demonstration of films and recordings espe-
cially suited to programming for Jewish organizations. Information
concerning their use may be obtained by calling the Jewish Community
Council at CH. 1657.

Monument Erected
For `Struma' Victims

BUCHAREST (JTA) — A me-
morial in honor of the 760 Ru-
manian Jews who perished in
the sinking of the "Struma" in.
1941 off the Turkish coast was
unveiled in a Jewish cemetery
here. Funds for erecting the
monument were raised by public
subscription.
Romanian Chief Rabbi Moses
Rosen, who conducted the me-
morial service for the Struma
victims, recalled how the Pale-
stine-bound Jews, anxious to es-
cape the terror of the Antonescu
regime, were lured by unscrup-
ulous ship-owners into boarding
the unseaworthy "floating coffin."

Romanian Ministry Bans
Anti-Semitic Literature

BUCHAREST (JTA)—The Ro-
manian Ministry of Arts and In-
formation issued a list of more
than 7,000 titles of books and
periodicals which are henceforth
to be banned from all public li-
braries and bookstores.
The list includes all anti-Se-
mitic, pro-Fascist and anti-Soviet
literature published both in this
country and abroad and which,
up to the end of World War II,
was widely circulated in Ro-
mania. All editions of the Ro-
manian classics which contain
anti-Semitic comments or pas-
sages will be withdrawn and re-
placed by edited books.

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Detroit Joins Other Cities in
Sending Aid-to-Israel Caravans

When the Bnai Brith Aid to
Israel Caravan reached New York
it was met by a delegation of
Bnai .Brith representatives, Mat-
erial for Palestine officials, and
representatives of the Metropo-
litan B. B. Council. Caravans
from Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts-
burgh and Philadelphia also met
in New York at that time.

Newspapermen, newsreels and
television shots were made of
the Detroit contingent. Among -
the • volunteer drivers was a Neg-
ro boy, Carl Robinson, and Wil-
liam White, also non-Jewish, who
left their jobs to make the trip.
They were not paid employees
of the Aid to Israel Committee.
Among the other volunteer driv-
ers were Elias Springer, in
charge of the convoy; Irving
Fields, chairman of . the drive;
Sam Lackritz, Murray Sherman
and Mickey Potnick.
The cargo carried seven Dodge
trucks, three jeeps, and a carload
of clothing and food. Among the
largest organization contributors
were the Bakers Union, Locals
71-58 truck drivers and employ-
ers, with their two trucks and 50
cases of food valued at $5000, and
the Rabbi Mandell M. Zager

Lodge and chapter with its two
jeeps.
At a council meeting of Bnai
Brith Women, Detroit Bnai Brith
chapters undertook food projects
in the Aid to Israel drive. Wo-
men's District Grand Lodge 6
contributed a truck which the
Detroit Women pledged to keep
constantly filled.
The War Surplus and Machin-
ery divisions are making gigantic
strides in the collection of their
items. Many valuable articles
were secured through the efforts
of the chairmen Arnold Michlin
and Ben Weiss.
The Plumbers Diyision consists
of Harry C. Davidson, Harry
Richmond and M. J. Bechek.
Ivan S. Bloch Lodge secured
dose to 500 uniforms. Charlie
Blauer is Aid to Israel chairman
for the Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. James Laker are
responsible for the thousands of
mimeographed letters and re-
quirement lists that have been
and are continually being distri-
buted, besides the responsibility
of pickups of materials. Drivers
and trucks are needed. For in-
formation call Jimmy Laker, TY.
5-9755. For general information
on the drive call WO. 1-3256.

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DR. BERNARD JOSEPH

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AFTER THE WAR,HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AT LONDON
DOCTORATE. HE THEN
UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED
SETTLED IN PALESTINE AND BEGAN PRACTISING LAW
THERE.I933 FOUND HIM ONE OF THE FOREMOST BARRISTERS
OF PALESTINE.HE BECAME LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE JEWISH
AGENCY.

HIS

MONTREAL AND 1899 WERE TO MARK
THE CITY AND DATE OF THE BIRTH OF A
JEW WHO WAS TO BECOME ONE OF
ISRAEL'S FOREMOST LAWYERS,SOLDIERS,
AND THE HIGHEST MILITARY AUTHORITY
OF JERUSALEM'

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EVE AS A YOUTH,JOSEPH FELT A' ALL-CONSUMING
INTEREST IN JEWISH AFFAIRS. HE WAS PRESIDENT
OF THE'YOUNG JUDEA"ORGANIZATION FORMED IN
CANADA. AN EXCELLENT STUDENT, HE RECEIVED HIS
LAW DEGREE FROM MCGILL UNIVERSITY. THEN HE
VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN GENERAL
ALLENBlt JEWISH LEGION AND FOUGHT TO OUST
TURKISH RULE FROM PALESTINE.

IN ADDITION TO HIS 'MANY DUTIES AT
THE JEWISH AGENCY IN JERUSALEM, HE
UNDERTOOK IMPORTANT DUTIES ON
BEHALF OF THE AGENCY IN ENGLAND,
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND
SOUTH AFRICA.

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THIS YEAR,AT 49,HE WAS NAMED MILITARY
GOVERNOR OF,JERUSALEM DURING THE DIFFICULTIES
OF THE SECOND PALESTINE TRUCE ARRANGED BY
THE UNITED NATIONS.HE HAS EXPRESSED THE
HOPE THAT JERUSALEM WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO
THE STATE OF ISRAEL AS IT'S CAPITAL.

DURING THE LAST WAR, HE WAS HEAD OF THE
RECRUITING, DEPARTMENT OF THE JEWISH
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PALESTINE. AT THE FIRST
POST-WAR ZIONIST CONFERENCE HELD IN
LONDON, HE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE
JEWISH AGENCY EXECUTIVE.

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IN 1946,111 WAS ONE OF THE E GHT JEWISH
AGENCY LEADERS DETAINED BY THE BRITISH
AT THE LATRUN CAMP ON CHARGES OF CON-
SPIRING WITH THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND
AGAINST BRITISH TROOPS.

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